IV. OTHER BENEFITS. ASD, not in vain embodied to the sight, And his Retainers of the embattled hall Seek in domestic oratory small, For prayer in stillness, or the chanted rite; CONTINUED. AND what melodious sounds at times prevail! Of hardihood with wreaths that shall not fail?- Of wisdom, magnanimity, and love ; NOR can Imagination quit the shores Of these bright scenes without a farewell glance Her inpost, softest, tenderest harmonies ; Requiem which Earth takes up with voice undaunted, When she would tell how Brave, and Good, and Wise, For their high guerdon not in vain have panted! ! VII. TRANSUBSTANTIATION. ENOUGH! for see, with dim association And all the people bow their heads, like reeds To a soft breeze, in lowly adoration. This Valdo brooks not. On the banks of Rhone He taught, till persecution chased him thence, To adore the Invisible, and Him alone. Nor are his Followers loth to seek defence, Mid woods and wilds, on Nature's craggy throne, From rites that trample upon soul and sense. ! BUT whence came they who for the Saviour Lord In Gallic ears the unadulterate Word, Their fugitive Progenitors explored Subalpine vales, in quest of safe retreats Where that pure Church survives, though summer heats Far as it dares to follow. Herbs self-sown, |